Stories, reflections and perspectives from diverse range of voices across the ELCA.
Series editor’s note: This month’s article continues our series on texts and themes related to our common Lutheran worship with this explanation of Mary, Mother of Our Lord, who is…
In the first 15 minutes of the new film Christopher Robin, the title character does the following: decides he’s too old to continue playing with Winnie the Pooh and his…
This year we’re putting an emphasis on stories that highlight leadership and leaders from around the ELCA. “I’m a Lutheran leader” is an online feature that highlights the many ways…
Bread, bread and more bread. This month’s lectionary readings continue a five-week discourse from John 6 where we encounter Jesus feeding the multitudes. This story from the fourth Gospel offers…
In 2018, untamed tweets often make headlines. James 3:1-12, one of our lectionary readings for September, addresses the human tendency to let words run rampant, even in the pre-Twitter world…
Not long ago, I had an unsettling experience seeing photographs of sculptures by French artist Bruno Catalano. The sculpted images of the hollowed-out bodies of refugees fleeing their homes, identities…
University Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis. Librarian I believe we are all children of God and have unique gifts and callings. Living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been part…
Editor’s note: On Aug. 15, the church commemorates the Festival of Mary, Mother of Our Lord. Any woman who can strap on boots and hike (with haste!) into the hill…
The rules of driving are easy. A red light means stop, and a green light means go. Even young children who can’t drive yet know what these lights mean. However,…
The ELCA Youth Gathering occurs every three years and brings youth from across the ELCA to one city for faith formation, education about the church and serving the community. This…
My Uncle John died in late March of this year. I miss him very much, and I continue to hold my cousins in prayer as they grieve the loss of…
Peter Boe, born with the name Volodja Sinegins, was about 7 and his brother was two years younger in 1944 when a woman shouting was all that stood between them…
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